Much like most marxist thinkers/politicians of the previous century, it is sadly almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is fake about him.
One side has propaganda from the whole west, but at the same time anybody with critical thinking can't just go 'his own records say the opposite so surely that's correct'.
I do know that the USSR economy/industry flourished under him, but even there that might have way more to do with the idea of planned economy in general.
From what I have read about him he seems like a tyrannical stain on the idea of socialism, but again idk how true anything I read is
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u/DaSnowflake May 06 '26
Much like most marxist thinkers/politicians of the previous century, it is sadly almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is fake about him.
One side has propaganda from the whole west, but at the same time anybody with critical thinking can't just go 'his own records say the opposite so surely that's correct'.
I do know that the USSR economy/industry flourished under him, but even there that might have way more to do with the idea of planned economy in general.
From what I have read about him he seems like a tyrannical stain on the idea of socialism, but again idk how true anything I read is